Costumes and Masks MASKS: -Masks are a very important addition to commedia del’arte. -Commedia is associated with being a low or peasant's type of performance. It is normally very silly and weird/strange -Traditional commedia masks were usually made from leather, though cloth, plastic or paper-maché
“Pantaloon, or Pantalone, was a greedy merchant. He was typically dressed in a tight-fitting red vest, red breeches and stockings, a pleated black cassock, slippers, and a soft brimless hat.”
Capitano's character in Commedia dell'Arte is usually a vainglorious, deceitful and braggart soldier, dressed in a bright and colorful uniform. This was usually a suit with multi-colored stripes and gilt buttons, acap and a large sword with several rust marks or even some cobwebs
Il Dottore in Commedia dell'Arte is usually dressed in the traditional style of a medieval doctor, with a huge black suit, often with a ruff and a notary's beret or large doctor's cap. He wears a mask over half of his face that highlights his bulbous nose
Colombina's costume is usually simple, representing what maids wore in the 1700s. She sometimes wore colorful patches (like Arlecchino) set off by a small white cuff and an apron of the same color. She wears a mask just covering the eyes and exposing the mouth so that the wearer is able to eat and drink freely.
The Innamorati (young lovers)-The Commedia lovers were the only unmaskedcharacters in the show. They were the plot engines behind the stories. These characters were young lovers, so typically around each other they would look very proper.
WORK CITED: Lau__T, Fashion trotter /. “FANTASY WORLD / PERFORMANCE ACT -.” Pinterest, 19 Mar. 2013, www.pinterest.com/pin/55732114111305009/.
“Masks and Mask-Making - La Commedia dell'Arte.” Google Sites, sites.google.com/site/italiancommedia/costumes-masks-and-makeup/masks-and-mask-making.
“Masks and Mask-Making - La Commedia dell'Arte.” Google Sites, sites.google.com/site/italiancommedia/costumes-masks-and-makeup/masks-and-mask-making.
“Masks and Mask-Making - La Commedia dell'Arte.” Google Sites, sites.google.com/site/italiancommedia/costumes-masks-and-makeup/masks-and-mask-making.
MASKS:
-Masks are a very important addition to commedia del’arte.
-Commedia is associated with being a low or peasant's type of performance. It is normally very silly and weird/strange
-Traditional commedia masks were usually made from leather, though cloth, plastic or paper-maché
typically dressed in a tight-fitting red vest, red breeches
and stockings, a pleated black cassock, slippers, and a soft
brimless hat.”
deceitful and braggart soldier, dressed in a bright and colorful uniform.
This was usually a suit with multi-colored stripes and gilt buttons, acap
and a large sword with several rust marks or even some cobwebs
style of a medieval doctor, with a huge black suit, often with a ruff
and a notary's beret or large doctor's cap. He wears a mask over
half of his face that highlights his bulbous nose
representing what maids wore in the 1700s.
She sometimes wore colorful patches
(like Arlecchino) set off by a small white cuff
and an apron of the same color. She wears a mask
just covering the eyes and exposing the mouth so
that the wearer is able to eat and drink freely.
the only unmaskedcharacters in the show. They were the plot engines
behind the stories. These characters were young lovers, so
typically around each other they would look very proper.
Lau__T, Fashion trotter /. “FANTASY WORLD / PERFORMANCE ACT -.” Pinterest, 19 Mar. 2013, www.pinterest.com/pin/55732114111305009/.
“Masks and Mask-Making - La Commedia dell'Arte.” Google Sites, sites.google.com/site/italiancommedia/costumes-masks-and-makeup/masks-and-mask-making.
“Masks and Mask-Making - La Commedia dell'Arte.” Google Sites, sites.google.com/site/italiancommedia/costumes-masks-and-makeup/masks-and-mask-making.
“Masks and Mask-Making - La Commedia dell'Arte.” Google Sites, sites.google.com/site/italiancommedia/costumes-masks-and-makeup/masks-and-mask-making.